Typewriter desk for use with dictat



Aug' 17 1948- J. s. BURDICK ET AL Re. 23,025

TYPEWRITER DESK Fon usE wrm DICTATING I MACHINE TRNSCRIBING DEVICES Original Filed March 10, 1939 i5 "'"mm @n ji" 1@ HIIIIIIIIIMU i M "umm wiimlwln df. 7

Illini n mullllm Si l Reissued Aug. 17, 1948 TYPEWRITER DESK FOR USE WITH DICTA'I'- ING MACHINE TRANSCRIBING DEVICES John S. Burdick, North Muskegon, Mich., and Carl S. Fairbank, Madison, N. J., assignors to The Shaw-Walker Company, Muskegon, Mich., a

corporation of Michigan Original No. 2,220,475, dated November 5, 1940, Serial No. 260,946, March 10, 1939. Application for reissue May 6, 1948, Serial No. 25,424

1 Claim.

'Ilhis invention relates to typewriter desks and especially to those designed for use with transcribing devices of dictating machines, and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Heretofore an independent stand or table has been provided for the support of the transcribing device of a di-ctating machine. Such stand is placed in the neighborhood of the typewriter desk at which the transcribing operator sits. It includes cords by which it is connected to the electric circuit by which it is operated; cords connecting the device to the ear pieces; and cords connected to the switches by which the operator starts, stops or reverses the feed of the cylinder on the transcriber. Obvious disadvantages are inherent in such a stand or support. It occupies floor space. Itis in the road of the operator when moving to or from the desk. And the several cords are apt to be tripped over and disengaged from their sockets.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved typewriter desk with a unit comprising a base for the transcribing device of a dictating machine spaced back of and in convenient association with the typewriter platform, and having storage compartments for dictating machine recording cylinders located for ready access by the operator, with enclosed space for the cords which are thereby concealed from view and disposed out of the way so as not to interfere with the movements of the operator of the typewriter.

The advantages of the invention will appear more fully as we proceed with our specication.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved typewriter desk, with the novel unit for supporting the transcribing device.

Figure 2 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale showing the unit for the support of the transcribing device mounted on the typewriter platform, with parts broken away to show the concealed electric cords and their connections.

Referring now to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing: 3 indicates the typewriter desk; 4, the top thereof and 6 indicate laterally spaced pedestals, and 1 indicates the typewriter platform supported below the desk top 4 and extending between and fixed to the pedestals 5 and E in the familiar manner. Ill indicates the unit for supporting the transcribing device. It consists of an elongated, low, rectangular hollow base II of length and breadth to receive the transcribing device and of upright open compartment members I2, I3 fixed to the ends of said ibase. The unit I [t as :a whole is mounted on the typewriter platform at the rear of the same and occupies substantially the entire length of the space between the pedestals. The compartment member I'2 has a plurality of shelves I4 placed in vertical spaced relation, and each shelf is formed to present parallel open top troughs |40., there being, as shown, two such troughs on each shelf I4. Said troughs are formed transversely to receive and support the recording cylinders which are to be inserted in the dictating machine transcribing device (not shown) in a well known manner.

The compartment I3 has like shelves I4 comprised of similar open troughs I4a. Preferably, and as illustrated, the compartment I3 has an open front vertically extending compartment I5 at one side of the cylinderv compartment which may be used for envelopes and paper to be used by the operator of the typewriter.

The unit IU is disposed on the typewriter platform back of the space I6 to be occupied by the typewriter and rises above the level of the desk top 4 :as shown in Figure 1. It is not necessary to secure the unit I0 to the platform 1, said unit r-esting on and being retained in proper position by its own weight.

The electric cords or cables are disposed as follows, as best shown in Figure 2: I1 indicates the power line cord which is to be connected to the transcribing device for operating it. Said cord, as shown, is led by a hole- I3a through the side wall I3b of the compartment member I3, then along the inner face of said wall to a hole I3c whence it passes into the space enclosed within the hollow base II. There it is provided with a plug i3d to be applied to a wall socket I3e. I8 indicates an electric cord or cable which connects the transcribing device to a foot control I9 adapted to be secured to the floor in convenient relation to the disposition of the feet of the operator of the typewriter. This cord or cable is carried down through a hole I8a into the interior of the hollow base, then down through a hole |81) in the typewriter platform 1. 2D indicates the cord or cable leading from the transcribing device to the ear pieces (not shown) to be used by the operator. Said cord, as shown, passes down through a hole 20a in the top of the hollow base I I, then through a hole 2llb in the top wall of the typewriter platform 'I, thence horizontally below said top Wall through a hole 20c in the front flange 'Ia of said platform, thence above said platform, being connected at 20d with the branches 3V which are adapted to be connected to the ear pieces (not shown).

Itwill be noted by an examination of Figure 2 that the hollow base vH is openat the bottom as indicated at lla, and that ample space is provided therein above the platform 1 for the disposition of surplus lengths of the cords or cables when necessary. The wall socket I3e will be connected in the usual manner with the main power line (not shown).

By the foregoing construction andarrangement, the transcribing device maybe mounted in easy reach of the operatorof the typewriter for the insertion or removal of the recording cylinders, which when not in use are stored in the end compartments I2 and i3. and cables are enclosed in the main so that they are out of sight and out of the Way of the operator. f

We claim as our invention:

In combination with a typewriter desk having a typewriter platform, a unit for supporting a transcribing device on said desk in close association to said platform, said unit having a hollow base, cords-including a power line cord, a foot And the lcords control cord, and an ear piece cord adapted for .connection to said transcribing device, said foot control cord descending through said hollow base and dowribelow said 'platformfsaid ear piece cord descending through said hollow lbase and then transversely below said platform in close association therewith and extending beyond said platform, the inlet end of said power line cord being housed in said hollow base, and said hollow base and platform being provided with suitable openings for threading said several cords in the manner described whereby said cords are held from interference with the movement of the operator.

JOHN S. BURDICK. CARL S. FAIRBANK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,892,415 Ulrich i Dec. 27, 1932 

